Our visit to western New York’s biggest city was blessed with gorgeous weather and mild temperatures, perfect for a stimulating long weekend visiting some of the nation’s finest architectural landmarks and a major museum stuffed with terrific modern art.”

- The Record (Bergen County, New Jersey)

In Buffalo, we got more than our (money’s) worth. In fact, part of the joy of the visit was discovering world-class attractions in a city not known as an international tourist mecca. Such as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, an impressive neoclassical structure on the edge of a park designed by the legendary Frederick Law Olmsted, also the architect of New York’s Central Park. Although the setting alone is worth the visit, inside is a collection of late 19th- and 20th-century art that holds it own against almost any museum in the nation outside of New York or Chicago.”

- USA Today

By looking past a half-century of decline to Buffalo’s gilded age, a grass-roots movement has seized on a legacy of architecture, history, and art, aiming to transform the city into a cultural destination. The restoration of a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece, the 1905 Darwin Martin House, anchors an effort to draw affluent culture-minded tourists and rebrand the city. Enough architectural gems survive from the late 1800s and early 1900s to bolster its image, said New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger. ’It’s an extraordinary and, in many ways, beautiful city,’ he said.”

- The Boston Globe

While planning a recent cross-border trip to New York State, we kept hearing an odd but persistent rumour: There’s a lot more to Buffalo than suburban malls and ‘ Tarjay’ (a.k.a. the popular discount retailer Target). So we shuffled off to see for ourselves. We found magnificent architecture, rich history, lovely parks, a vibrant arts scene and well, yes, some pretty good shopping, too. We also discovered that Buffalo has quietly and unobtrusively become a very cool town.”

- CAA Magazine

Many years of cross-border trips from Southern Ontario to Buffalo had followed a predictable pattern of suburban shopping, but for this trip, I wanted to get out of the malls and explore what else Buffalo had to offer. I learned that Buffalo is a cosmopolitan city with great theatre, trendy shopping streets, historic buildings, and a perfect place for a girlfriends’ getaway.”

- Dreamscapes

Buffalo is a vast outdoor museum, displaying the work of many of the greatest architects of the mid-19th to the mid-20th century. The homes and public buildings they erected are often breathtaking and always interesting...The architectural treasures of Buffalo are riveting. They must be seen.”

- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

This is a city that is truly a mecca, and it’s an unknown mecca, The quality of architecture, and the diversity of architecture, is so astonishing, really.”

- Daniel Libeskind (as told to the Buffalo News)

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